American Masters
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Videos
Top cast
Hillary Clinton
Self
Mike Nichols
Self
Gloria Steinem
Self
Steve Martin
Self
Scarlett Johansson
Self
Goran Višnjić
Robert Capa (voice)
Patsy Cline
Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou
Self
Sidney Lumet
Self
Oprah Winfrey
Self
Common
Self
Bill Clinton
Self
Jane Alexander
Narrator
Graeme Malcom
John Muir (voice)
Denis O'Hare
Edgar Allan Poe
Seasons
Specials
1985 · 1 eps
Season 1
1986 · 12 eps
Season 2
1987 · 10 eps
Season 3
1988 · 8 eps
Season 4
1989 · 10 eps
Season 5
1990 · 8 eps
Season 6
1991 · 9 eps
Season 7
1993 · 3 eps
Season 8
1993 · 2 eps
Season 9
1994 · 4 eps
Season 10
1995 · 5 eps
Season 11
1996 · 5 eps
Season 12
1997 · 6 eps
Season 13
1998 · 7 eps
Season 14
1999 · 7 eps
Season 15
2000 · 8 eps
Season 16
2001 · 8 eps
Season 17
2002 · 8 eps
Season 18
2003 · 8 eps
Season 19
2005 · 8 eps
Season 20
2006 · 9 eps
Season 21
2007 · 9 eps
Season 22
2008 · 9 eps
Season 23
2009 · 8 eps
Season 24
2010 · 8 eps
Season 25
2011 · 9 eps
Season 26
2012 · 8 eps
Season 27
2013 · 5 eps
Season 28
2013 · 10 eps
Season 29
2015 · 8 eps
Season 30
2016 · 9 eps
Season 31
2017 · 10 eps
Season 32
2018 · 8 eps
Season 33
2019 · 12 eps
Season 34
2020 · 8 eps
Season 35
2021 · 10 eps
Season 36
2022 · 8 eps
Season 37
2023 · 9 eps
Season 38
2024 · 7 eps
Season 39
2025 · 8 eps
Season 40
2026 · 4 eps
Where to watch
Stream
YouTube TV
PBS
Thirteen
WETA+Availability for US · streaming data provided by JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Status
- Returning Series
- First air date
- June 23, 1986
- Last air date
- March 17, 2026
- Seasons
- 40
- Episodes
- 311
- Episode runtime
- 1h 30m
- Network
- PBS
- Original language
- EN
Gallery
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1988
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2004
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6.4Leaving Neverland
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7.4What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019
7.9The Food That Built America
2019
7.0Drain the Oceans
2018
7.4Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
6.9DI Ray
2022
7.9Top Gear
1978
7.4Paranormal Witness
2011
6.5The Movies
2019
7.0Gadget Man
2012
7.5MegaStructures
2004
7.8History's Greatest Mysteries
2020
8.2E! True Hollywood Story
1996
7.4American Monster
2016
6.7Pole to Pole with Will Smith
2026
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